I haven't tried every powder on the market, but I think you would like Power Pistol.
It gives good velocity and has a bright flash and loud report so you will feel it.
I don't like flash and blast, so I would use N340 for high velocity.
HS6 is fast but dirty.
Fixed spelling , sorry, I was working too fast. Also should have been 1166 with the sierra fmj.FYI, it's spelled Hodgdon, not Hodgins or Hodings.
What speed you'll get depends on what exact bullet you use and its OAL.
Not sure what data you're looking at because I don't see a 115 grain bullet at 1199 fps with Accurate #7 in the Western load data. What manual are you using for this?
Ok ok, uncle uncle, I give, I finally bit the bullet, bought a Lyman manual today, should be here Monday. I also need to get an updated lee in the near future, mine is the 2007 edition.Look in a couple of loading manuals, Lyman has a lot of loads, Pick the ones with highest velocity and test them. Do not exceed max. loads. Pretty easy process.
Shadow9mm said:Ok ok, uncle uncle, I give, I finally bit the bullet, bought a Lyman manual today, should be here Monday. I also need to get an updated lee in the near future, mine is the 2007 edition.
For rifle I find myself using hornady most and have purchased the cartridges I use in their electronic manual.Lee just copies older data from other companies. I would suggest getting the manual of the bullet manufacturer you use most. Powder companies usually publish data online:
http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/
http://www.accuratepowder.com/load-data/
https://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/index.aspx
"...[not] able to find much load data..." Hogdon's site has lots of WSF 9mm data.
Get your hands on the December 2020/January 2021 issue of Shooting Times. They have an article on fast 9mm handloads.
HS-6 is relatively cheap. The shop I usually buy at has it for around $29 per pound, same as HP-38. The HP-38 seemed on the dirtier side, and HS-6 is supposed to be as well from what I have read.Another vote for HS6. A minimum charge (5.9 gns) gives me 1090 FPS with a 125gn LRN . And that’s out of a cz P07, whose barrel isn’t quite 4 inches. I had a mid-loaded charge (6.4gn iirc) when I loaded using Dardas cast projectiles. I never chronoed that, but it was wonderfully accurate and recoiled similar to SD ammo. When dardas went out of business and I started casting myself, I tried a handful of rounds loaded to my standard load and immediately noticed the first magazine that they were quite warm. I chucked the rest and changed my standard load to 5.9-6.0 gns. The profile of the lee 356 125 LRN must be significantly different, being a projectile more likely to raise peak pressure. My current load at starting charge weight is a smidge softer recoiling than the load I used with dardas projectiles, but not by much.
All this rambling to say that HS6 will get you where you want to go. And it used to be one of the cheaper/more economical powders. I don’t think that’s the case anymore.